The North Midland Novice Tests for the NOmis Rosebowl were held on 19th June 2016 at Haughton Warren, Nottinghamshire by kind permission of Mr T Banks & The Bevercotes Park Shoot. The judges for the Novice Test were Charlotte Smith, Malcolm Peacock and Alan Richardson.
There were were 23 entries for the Novice test. This commenced in the morning with two tests judged by Alan Richardson. The first was a long mark in a grass strip alongside a ditch. The second was a blind across a ditch into the corner of a wood near a release pen. All dogs progressed to the afternoon tests. Alan judged a mark into a large pond. The dogs found this easy. Meanwhile Charlotte and Malcolm judged a walk-up with four dogs in line through long grass with clumps of thistles and other weeds. Each dog went under both judges, with a marked retrieve under Malcolm and a blind judged by Charlotte. Although there were some clean retrieves many dogs struggled and failures gave the chance of eyewipes. To conclude Alan judged a long blind in pasture alongside a wood, where many dogs performed excellently.
Thus there had been many ups and downs for competitors and no run-offs were required to sort the places. The prizes were presented by our Vice-President Elaine Welburn.The prizes were sponsored by Alpha The Food of Champions, and theee were special Golden Jubilee rosetttes for our 50th year..
Novice awards
1.Briffoaks Cerberus LR D Philip Robinson
2. Flashmount Cracker LR D Sally Plant
3. Monwodeliea Cabiri LR D Marlene Dobson
4. Lowsommer Dark Sika LR D Sharon Eadson
CoMs: Emmanygan Zetas LR B Anne Austin
Kendeci Severn LR D Chris Johnson
Venus in Transit over Casblaidd FCR D Caroline Hewison